DUI charges filed following fatal Dolton wreck

Drunken driving charges have been filed for a Dolton woman accused of fatally striking a pedestrian who was knocked off an overpass in the south suburb Sunday morning.

Tnia Griffin, 32, was charged this morning with aggravated DUI in the death of the victim, 39-year-old Kosetta Ratliff, according to Dolton spokeswoman TaQuoya Kennedy.

Griffin was behind the wheel of a vehicle that struck Ratliff, knocking her off an overpass, about 5:55 a.m. on East Sibley Boulevard near Indiana Avenue, according to Kennedy.

Dolton police officers were called to the scene and Griffin was apprehended within a half an hour and arrested, according to Kennedy.

An autopsy Monday determined Ratliff, who was pronounced dead on the scene at 5:55 a.m., died of multiple injuries from a minivan striking a pedestrian, according to Cook County Medical Examiner’s office. Her death was ruled an accident.